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Old Feb 22, 2007 | 9:53 pm
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TheMadBrewer
 
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Originally Posted by MapleLeaf
Now here is a quirk that makes no sense to me.

If I go to the apple.ca site and purchase there with the educational discount section, right up until the final page they don't charge sales tax on the order. A savings of 15% in Ontario.

If I go to the apple.com site and do the same thing, they charge me the CA sales tax, 8.75%.

Did I miss something here?
California doesn't have sales tax exemptions for educational use. Its been 30 years since I lived in Ontario (Univ Waterloo, B.Math '76) but back then at least Ontario (and Revenue Canada) had more enlightened policies toward education w.r.t. taxes.
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